Lisa Vaas

The DNA sequence of the entire human genome was mapped as of April, but the battle to keep that massive amount of data available and protected rages on at places such as The Genome Sequencing Center at Washington University Medical School. Established in 1993 with a grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute at […]

Oracle Corp. is putting a component called Oracle Internet Directory at the core of the security perimeter in its upcoming 10g grid-computing technology. Oracle Internet Directory is an LDAP directory with an Oracle database back end that leverages the databases scalability, high-availability and security features, according to Oracle Chief Security Officer Mary Ann Davidson. The […]

In a deal worth $26 million, object-oriented database companies Versant Corp. and Poet Holdings Inc. are merging, Versant officials announced on Monday. Versant will swap 1.4 shares of Versant Common Stock for each Poet share. The Versant stock that will be given to Poet shareholders represents about 45 percent of outstanding shares. The move was […]

Users demanded SQL Server bond tighter with Visual Studio .Net, and Microsoft Corp. has since heeded the call, putting into beta testers hands a version that opens the database up to .Net-compliant languages. The next version of SQL Server, code-named “Yukon,” was originally slated for a spring 2004 release. That deadline was pushed out to […]

The latest battle in the war against database piracy took place on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, as the Coalition Against Database Piracy testified before a joint House Judiciary and Energy and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on draft legislation to protect against database thievery. The legislation, named the Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act, is a […]

As Oracle Corp. talks up the flexible computing infrastructure afforded by the grid capabilities of its Oracle 10g database and application server, users are wondering if they are going to be pinched by the companys inflexible licensing policy. Oracle, based in Redwood Shores, Calif., charges for its software by CPU or by named user, but […]

To strengthen the crucial link between storage and databases in grid computing, Network Appliance Inc. and Oracle Corp. are joining forces to beef up storage management features in Oracle Database 10g. NetApp, of Sunnyvale, Calif., announced earlier this month that it will develop technologies to enhance 10gs functionality in data provisioning, high-performance computing and Linux […]

Core to security in Oracle Corp.s upcoming 10g grid technology will be a component called Oracle Internet Directory, an LDAP directory with an Oracle database back-end that leverages the databases scalability, high availability and security features, according to Oracle Chief Security Officer Mary Ann Davidson. In an interview with eWEEK, Davidson said that Oracle Internet […]

Oracle Corp.s move to start its own commercial grid consortium has taken established grid groups completely by surprise. The 4-year-old Global Grid Forum on Friday posted a letter from its chair, Charlie Catlett, in which Catlett said nobody at Oracle has talked with GGF officials about such a consortium and that he doesnt have a […]

The open-source database MySQL will ship as one of the standard databases that go out with Novell Inc.s NetWare 6.5, MySQL AB officials announced last week. NetWare 6.5 will come with a commercially licensed version of MySQL 4.0. Such a license sidesteps the legal skirmishes now surrounding Linux, wherein The SCO Group Inc. has charged […]